No Longer Recognises Superdrive

Hi
Yesterday morning was watching a DVD on my mini (use one as media centre) and put it to sleep.
Later in the day, wanted to pick up where I left off but Front Row was no longer showing the DVD as an option. I went to the desktop and the dvd wasn't mounted so dried the eject menulet which gave me the spinning beach ball.
I used the switch at the back to restart but a reboot showed in system profile the superdrive didn't exist. I restarted using the menu and used the old left mouse button holding down trick to try to force the eject but nothing happened.
Again, system profile the superdrive didn't exist. I understand that if the system doesn't recognise the drive, it's going to be very tricky to eject a disc from it.
The trick is going to be in getting the superdrive to be recognised again without taking the little fella apart. I'm sure once the drive is recognised again, ejecting will be a doddle.
Any ideas? Where abouts is the usual little hole to stick a paperclip in?
Cheers

If you have an Intel Mini, then an SMC reset may help.
The Intel Mini SMC reset is described at the end of this Knowledgebase article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=en_US
(Do not accidentally perform a PMU reset procedure on an Intel Mini. It may cause temporary or permanent damage. Only PPC Minis should get a PMU reset.)
Regarding ejection holes ... superdrives do not have them. Sorry.

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